ISRAEL

U.S. to store $800m in military gear in Israel
Amos Haral - Haaretz  Jan 11, 2010

It's no surprise to hear that the US is increasing its "emergency" military equipment in Israel so it won't run out of war material when it gets trigger happy likge its deadly siege on Gaza a year ago.  

The U.S. Army will double the value of emergency military equipment it stockpiles on Israeli soil, and Israel will be allowed to use the U.S. ordnance in the event of a military emergency, according to a report in Monday's issue of the U.S. weekly Defense News...The United States began stockpiling $100 million in military equipment in Israel in 1990, 12 years after it first began storing weapons within the territory of key allies, starting with South Korea.

 An American defense official told Defense News that the U.S.-Israel agreement reflects the Obama administration's continued commitment to Israel's security and the understanding that changes in U.S. economic conditions and inflation have limited the weapons available to Israel. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1141745.html

Gaza Flooded after Israel Opens Dam Gates
Press TV  Jan 21, 201003:37 01/19/2010

Because Gaza is located in a low-lying area and the elevation decreases on the way to the Mediterranean Sea, water gushed into the area, flooding two Palestinian villages and displacing a hundred Gazan families. The locals say Israel intentionally caused the floods, the Press TV correspondent said. The waters from the dam, called the Valley of Gaza, flooded houses in Johr al-Deek village, which is southeast of Gaza City, and Nusirat in the eastern part of the territory, where the Al-Nusirat refugee camp is also located.